Rail-joint.



E. T IIASKEWITZ. RAH. JOINT. 'APYPLICATION men JUNE 26. m6.

Patented May 1, 191 7.

United States, and res- 11nthe'coufnty of Jasper lave invented a certain 'fulJRa -l-Joint, of which the fol mg is aspecifica lon,

1 durable and inexpensive "tion,,.',idepted to lock the ends of plates fordina%ly used.. it; A','further jeet i s to provide such' a rail 'j rit so arranged to allow some longitudiin l-play of the rails with relation to a 1e n which the hint is supported and-allow for; expansionandcontraction. y

invention-consists in the construction; {arrangement and combination of the various ,2O' pa-rts of the device whereby the objects @011 ,Qtmplated are attained ashereinafteT more he fully set forth pointed'out in my claims and ,9: illustrated inthe accompanying drawings,

= rail,joint embodying my invention.

r -.-Fig; & 3 hows ltakenjonthe line 3+3 of Fig. 1; v Fig. a, shows a perspective view of the end of one of thelrailsrj; y iFig'Z-"5 shows-a perspective view of the cen} .tral jointmember and a Fig. 6 shows a transverse,. sectional view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3.

Theends' of the rails are given a peculiar stantially the samev thickness as the web 11,-

extending upwardly flush with the upper level of; the ball'iof the rail; Y

vide'd with downwardly extending'notches 13,. between the end of the rail and the po rtionof the ball 12 which has not been out away/asdeafly sho n 1n F1g. 4=

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r Specification of LettersPatent. Application f led June 26,

Theobjectlof; my inventionlis to provide-a l sltogeth er without the use of fish the lower Figure 1 .j 'showsa top or plan view ofa- Fig. 2;shows aside elevation of the same. a vertical, sectional view shape when used as apart of'my improved.

Theportion 12 and theweb '11- are proonmYnnvrLnn, lowai assrcfidate NE-Hats1Tb were 0.

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P atented 191s. serial No. 105,862.

ay i, rear I provide a cradleor base comprising a I flat bottom member- 14, "the upright! side members 15 and upwardly and inwardly in clined lugs 16, at the uppenedgeof each end .of the members 15. I 1

- The connecting memben 17 is provided ha'vmg the form of a section of a rail in which, at each end is a slot 18 extending longitudinally into the -member 17 and eX- r tending from the top tot'he bottomof the member 17. 1 i

p The member. 17' is provided on each side -|of its transverse central line, with averticat slot 19 extending from top 'to bottom.

The lower portions of the slots 19 areconv nected yby a'longitudinally arranged slot in in Fig. 3.

. 1 Extending transversely through the cen ti-al portion of the web of the member-17 B w an opening 20. The web of thefmembe'r 17 is'of less height than the web of the rail, so that the 'base of the member 17 may rest upon the 'upper surface of the base 10 rail when the parts a'reassembled. In, assembling my improved rail joint for part of the member 17,"as shown v of the use, the cradle is slipped'on tothe end of one of the rails, the ends; of two rails are f each other spaced apart a short distance and the joint member 17 is placed'jn position from above; the notches 13 recei ving the portions-of the'joint member 17 between the respective slots "19' thereof and the respective notches 18. thereof. i The parts are'so arranged that the base of the member 17 will-rest 'on-the rail bases with the upper surface of the member 1'? flush with the upper surfaces of the balls of the adjacent -rails 1 p a The notches 13 are of larger' 'size longitudinally of the rails than are those portions of the member 17 which saidslot-s receive, and

then fplaced in. alinement and adjacent to the slots 19 and notches 18 are of such length the oint member 17 may be rec'eived'between the plate 14 and the lugs 16, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6.

After theparts have been thus assembled a pin 21 is driven into the opening 20.

The pin 21 is designed to fit so tightly that it will not jar loose. v

It will beseen that as long as the pin 21 is assembled it is impossible for thecradle to work longitudinally of the rails a sufiicient distance to move away from the joint member 17, for the reason that the longitudinal movement of the cradle is limited by the engagement of the lugs 16 with the pin 21.

It will be seen that the rail ends are firmly locked together without the use of fish plates, and without the use of bolts and nuts.

There 'are only three removable parts of my joint, excepting the rails themselves.

. the essential features and purposes, and it is my intention to cover by this application any such changes which may be included within the reasonable scope of my claims, I

I claim as my invention:

1. A rail joint comprising a pair, of rails having the sides of the rail ball cut away adjacent to the ends of the rails, and having a notch in the upper portion of the web near each end of the rail, a joint member 1 having substantially the form of a-rail section with a web portion of lessheight than the web portion of the rail, said joint member beino' provided withslots to 'receive the ends of the ball and web of the adjacent rail ends when said joint-member is installed by.

lowering it from above downwardly upon the ends of the rails, a cradle comprising a plate arranged beneath the rail joint, up-

said rail joint member for limiting thelongitudinalmovement of said cradle.

2. A railolnt comprlslng a pair of rails 'having the sides of the rail balls cut away adjacent to the ends of the rails, and having a notch in the'upper portion of the web near each end of each rail, a j oint member having substantially the form of a rail section with a web portion of less height than the web portion of the rail, said jointjmember being provided with slots to receive the ends of the ball and webjof the adjacent rail ends when said joint member} is installed by lowering it front above downwardly upon theends of the rails, a cradle comprising a plate arranged beneath the. rail joint, up-' wardly extending side members, and upwardly and inwardly projecting lugs at the 'ends of said side members arranged above the base of said rail joint member, a pin extended through the central portion of said rail joint member for limitingf'the longitudinal movement of said cradle, the parts being so arranged as to allow.longitudinal' play of the rails.

Des Moines, Iowa Ma y 6 1916. EDWARD T.

LASKEWITZ. I 

